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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Office of Education and Special Initiatives is looking for patients, family caregivers, and physicians who are interested in participating in telephone focus groups and in-depth interviews.  This research will ensure that new NCI palliative care-related educational products meet the needs of a diverse audience. 

Please click on the links below to see flyers that describe those who may qualify to participate. To view the contents of these files, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader software installed. You can download this free software from the Adobe Reader Web page. 

Palliative_Care_English.pdf                Palliative_Care_Spanish.pdf

If you have any questions, please contact our contractor, Melinda Moyer at ORC Macro (Melinda.K.Moyer@orcmacro.com or 301-572-0475).   

Thank you very much for your assistance and support in this important effort.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The NCI is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research and training.

NCI's Office of Education and Special Initiatives develops, implements and evaluates education programs over the entire cancer continuum, including prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and palliative care.

For more information about the NCI, please log on to cancer.gov or call 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
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The DES Cancer Network is no longer responding directly to email inquiries.  If you have a general (non-cancer) DES-related question or concern, please contact DES Action by calling the toll-free information line at 1-800-337-9288 or by sending a message tot desaction@columbus.rr.com. The Web site address is www.desaction.org.  

If your question or concern is cancer-related please go the  University of Chicago, DES Cancer Registry website at www.obgyn.bsd.uchicago.edu/registry or contact them directly by phone at 1-773-703-6671 or by email at danderso1@babies.bsd.uchicago.edu.

If you need to talk to someone about support for yourself or a family member, the moderators of both of the Web sites above will direct you to a DES-related clear cell cancer survivor.